Louis
VERNAS dit DUFRESNE
(b.
12 March 1711
,
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
d.
19 January 1785
,
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE was born 12 March 1711 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE was the child of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Charlotte MARTIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joachim MARTIN and Anne-Charlotte PETITSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Genevieve DUVAL 21 October 1736 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve DUVAL was born 19 October 1715 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Genevieve died 28 February 1775 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Genevieve was the child of François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.
Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE died 19 January 1785 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Louis appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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